Senior tourism market segmentation
The first typologies of tourists were mainly based on situational parameters which was a limited approach (Braun, 1989). Progressively, the idea that travel motivations could be useful segmentation tools for the tourism market was suggested (Cohen, 1978) and confirmed (McIntosh and Goeldner, 1990; Cha et al., 1995). This method of segmentation appeared to be helpful to understand the travelers’ behaviours, and resulted in interesting profiles. Consequently, as the interest for the elderly consumers grew, marketers focused mainly on travel motivations, combined with additional variables, to segment this market.